diff --git a/cmake/compileenv.txt b/cmake/compileenv.txt
index 6b64a720055c08503c5a94c50158bcd382d41b1b..523de592fc3d1f8e692fbbb356e1d9f3952d9c9a 100644
--- a/cmake/compileenv.txt
+++ b/cmake/compileenv.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_host_system_information(RESULT compile_host QUERY HOSTNAME)
 set(compile_user $ENV{USER})
 string(TIMESTAMP compile_time)
 set(git_hash unkown)
-set(git_decribe unkown)
+set(git_describe unkown)
 set(git_branch unkown)
 if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
   execute_process(COMMAND git describe --tags WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} OUTPUT_VARIABLE git_describe)